April C. Thompson, Director of Program Management
April Thompson is a successful business consultant with over 20 years of experience in Project Management and Software Implementation. A dedicated, results-oriented leader with a proven track record of successful project management and team leadership, April is known for delivering results in alignment with an organizations' objectives. She has hands-on experience managing multiple facets of a project, from risk and cost analysis, scheduling, quality control, testing, communications, and change. By combining her excellent technical, analytical and interpersonal skills April has exemplified success in private, public, and non-profit channels.
April’s diverse experience has allowed her to effectively impact change at every level of an organization. From the C-suite executives to the front line workers, April strongly believes that education is key. “People do not know what they do not know,” is her credo. With this intuitive understanding of people and teams, April has created strategies that help each level of an organization understand the goal, the project and the change required for successful completion. Her outside-the-box thinking about new processes and procedures allows for implementation of projects that positively affect the bottom line.
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Software implementation requires many skills beyond just the technical – like problem-solving, for example. “What are we trying to achieve and how can the software help us get there?” is a guiding point from which April operates, demonstrating a true, big-picture understanding that is so crucial to business acumen in today’s marketplace. April has proven time and again that as detail-oriented as she is, she never loses sight of the big picture. She’s been described as a “get it done,” go-to person — ‘it’ may be redesigning workflows, educating users on new processes and systems, or communicating priorities to upper management. Whatever ‘it’ is, April’s impact will be felt. Whether she is pitching an idea, selling a product or improving a process, April’s leadership, organizational skills and interpersonal gifts allow her (and her clients) to finish projects on time and on budget.
Ms. Thompson is a native of Pittsburgh, PA and currently lives with her husband, two children and two cats in New Jersey.